EL GRECO

First off what an excellent review by Matti Pajuniemi. El Greco is a masterpiece and is IMO his finest work. It is moody, sombre but so damn powerful that you actually feel like you are being transported back in time to when El Greco, the Greek painter left his mark. Movements 1,3 and IX are extraordinary in their delivery. They stir the deepest of emotions within you and I am often left feeling totally exhausted after listening to the album in it's entirety. It is a work that requires total dedication.Yes it is very sad, depicting the suffering of a painter and his works at that time, centuries past. It is substantially weighty in delivery as well, almost oppressive in nature. It almost depicts life as a concept and the mortality of the physical sense.The artists work though is immortal for as long as earth spins, the sadness is well conveyed on El Greco. This album is not for the faint hearted or for those seeking a quick fix. This is a work of hard labour with a serene haunting beauty that I have seldom heard since WYWH by the Pink Floyd.